Dessert

Mississippi Mud Cake is for Dessert.

Mississippi Mud Cake takes 30 minutes to prepare.

Mississippi Mud Cake takes 30 minutes to cook.

Mississippi Mud Cake makes 16 servings.

The ingredients for Mississippi Mud Cake are:

2 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 stick unsalted butter
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup cocoa
1/4 cup water
2 eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 bag miniature marshmallows
Icing:
1 stick unsalted butter, softened
3 tablespoons cocoa
6 tablespoons milk
1 (1-pound) box confectioners' sugar
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Here is how you make Mississippi Mud Cake:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 13 by 9-inch baking pan. Combine the sugar, salt, and flour in a large mixing bowl. Bring the butter, oil, cocoa, and 1/4 cup water to a boil in a saucepan. Add to the flour mixture. Beat together the eggs, baking soda, buttermilk, and vanilla. Add to the chocolate mixture, mix well, and pour into the prepared pan. Bake for 25 minutes. While the cake is baking, make the icing by melting the butter in the cocoa and milk over low heat. Bring the mixture to a boil, then remove from the heat. Stir in the confectioners' sugar. Slowly mix in the nuts and the vanilla. Take the cake from the oven, and when it cools a bit cover it with miniature marshmallows. Pour the warm icing over the cake and the marshmallows. Cool the cake before servingNumber of Servings: 16Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SHABYCHIC.

The nutritional information for Mississippi Mud Cake is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 16
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 500.4

• Total Fat: 25.5 g
• Cholesterol: 71.3 mg
• Sodium: 117.9 mg
• Total Carbs: 67.0 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.4 g
• Protein: 4.9 g